ix, 521 p. : 30 cm

The text is a response to the vibrant discovery of drawing as significant practice in studios, exhibitions and art schools, and proposes an ambitious and novel agenda for the study and enjoyment of drawing

Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-503) and index

Prolegomena : Thinking about drawing. Introduction ; Authorship and connoisseurship -- Part one : Drawing as continuum. The origins of drawing and the primacy of line ; The persistent cult of the sketch ; Finished, autonomous and presentation drawings -- Part two : The linear economy. Line, mark, linear codes and touch ; Material traces ; Drawing strategies ; Invisible lines : the affective semiotics of design and composition -- Part three : Drawing as discipline. Drawing and learning ; Bodies in pieces : anatomical and drawing manuals for artists ; The complex contradictions of copying -- Part four : Drawing the self. Drawing the drawer : the naturalisation of practice ; Drawing the studio : power and legitimation -- Part five : Drawing the other. Charged lines and vernacular bodies ; Drawing death and desire -- Part six : Drawing the future. Drawing now

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